Professor Edur Velasco Arregui holds a law degree and a Ph.D. in Economics, specializing in Productivity and Labor Relations. He was General Secretary of the Independent Union of Workers of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM).

He is currently a Professor and Researcher in the Department of Law of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities at the UAM Unidad Azcapotzalco, where he teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels.